Loesses
7 lettersnounrareUpdated June 2026
Definition
Plural of loess: deposits of fine-grained, wind-blown clay and silt that accumulate in unstratified layers.
“The fertile plains owed their agricultural richness to deep deposits of loesses laid down over millennia.”
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